A Connecticut Violence Interruption Group Traded Paperwork For An App. It’s Been Transformational.

A Connecticut Violence Interruption Group Traded Paperwork For An App. It’s Been Transformational.

On a rainy day in early May, a COMPASS Youth Collaborative van cruises down Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford, Connecticut. The thoroughfare, with its historical ties to the Colt firearms family, is an epicenter for gun violence in the city. From the driver’s seat, Diego Lopez, a Peacebuilder with the violence interruption nonprofit, points out the invisible borders that define life and death for the city’s young people.